John Moss

In 1860 John had a household of 10, a real wealth of $1000, and apersonal wealth of $300. In 1870 John had a household of 12, a real wealth of $1700, and a personal wealth of $1800. Comments: #21. John headed the Moss and Hatch Association with Orin Hatch (a pioneer cooperation of livestock), and was headquartered three miles west of the Wasatch Station on the Union Pacific Railroad. He was a stockholder in Deseret Livestock company and president of the company. Comments: #31. John came to Utah in 1848 with the Brigham Young company. He was president of the seventy-seventh quorum of the Seventies. Comments: #41. John was an active Elder in the South Bountiful Ward, Davis County. He emigrated from England to America in 1835 and settled in Illinois. In March, 1844, he married Rebecca Wood (daughter of Daniel Wood and Mary Snyder), who was born May 11, 1826, at Lohara, Canada; she bore her husband twelve children and died March 4, 1882. Bro. Moss migrated to Utah in 1848, crossing the plains in Brigham Young’s company with his wife and two children (Mary and Daniel). He settled in Bountiful, Davis county, in 1849, where he took an active part in building up that part of the country. While a resident of Bountiful he was ordained a president of the 76th quorum of the Seventy; later he was ordained a High Priest. In 1865 (March 25th) he married Emma Alexander, who bore him eight children. In 1856 he went out with many others to meet Edward Martin’s handcart company. His avocation was that of a farmer and stockraiser, being specially interested in the sheep business. Bro. Moss died August 4, 1884, leaving a wife and eighteen children to mourn the loss of a loving and respected father.¹

https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KW6C-W6L&section=memories Baptism: 27 Mar 1839   Name: John Moss Gender: Male Relationship to Primary Person: Self (Head) Father: Hugh Moss Mother: Elizabeth Rushton Birth Date: 6 Mar 1820 Alternate Birth Dates: Mar 31, 1820 Birth Place: Newton, Yorkshire, England Death Date: 4 Aug 1884 Death Place: Woods Cross, Davis, Utah, USA Alternate Death Places: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA Burial Date: Aug 1884 Burial Place: Woods Cross, Davis, Utah, USA Alternate Burial Places: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA Residences: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA; 1860, 1870 LDS Church Ordinance Data: Baptism Date: March 27, 1839 Ordained High Priest LDS Temple Ordinance Data: Endowment Date: November 10, 1855 Sealed to Parents Date: August 23, 1951 Sealed to Spouse Date: November 10, 1855 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Sealed to Spouse Date: March 25, 1865 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Vocations: Farmer; 1860, 1870 Stockraiser Comments: In 1860 John had a household of 10, a real wealth of $1000, and apersonal wealth of $300. In 1870 John had a household of 12, a real wealth of $1700, and a personal wealth of $1800. Comments: #21. John headed the Moss and Hatch Association with Orin Hatch (a pioneer cooperation of livestock), and was headquartered three miles west of the Wasatch Station on the Union Pacific Railroad. He was a stockholder in Deseret Livestock company and president of the company. Comments: #31. John came to Utah in 1848 with the Brigham Young company. He was president of the seventy-seventh quorum of the Seventies. Comments: #41. John was an active Elder in the South Bountiful Ward, Davis County. He emigrated from England to America in 1835 and settled in Illinois. In March, 1844, he married Rebecca Wood (daughter of Daniel Wood and Mary Snyder), who was born May 11, 1826, at Lohara, Canada; she bore her husband twelve children and died March 4, 1882. Bro. Moss migrated to Utah in 1848, crossing the plains in Brigham Young’s company with his wife and two children (Mary and Daniel). He settled in Bountiful, Davis county, in 1849, where he took an active part in building up that part of the country. While a resident of Bountiful he was ordained a president of the 76th quorum of the Seventy; later he was ordained a High Priest. In 1865 (March 25th) he married Emma Alexander, who bore him eight children. In 1856 he went out with many others to meet Edward Martin’s handcart company. His avocation was that of a farmer and stockraiser, being specially interested in the sheep business. Bro. Moss died August 4, 1884, leaving a wife and eighteen children to mourn the loss of a loving and respected father.   From http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=LDSVitalMembership1830-1848&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=John&gsfn_x=NP_NN&gsln=Moss&gsln_x=NS_NP_NN&dbOnly=_83004006%7c_83004006_x&uidh=m42&pcat=37&fh=0&h=64158&recoff=4+5+54&ml_rpos=1   Moss, John, an active Elder in the South Bountiful Ward, Davis county, Utah, was born March 31, 1820, at Newton, Yorkshire, England, the son of Hugh Moss and Elizabeth Rushton. He emigrated from England to America in 1835 and settled in Illinois. In March, 1844, he married Rebecca Wood (daughter of Daniel Wood and Mary Snyder), who was born May 11, 1826, at Lohara, Canada; she bore her husband twelve children and died March 4, 1882. Bro. Moss migrated to Utah in 1848, crossing the plains in Brigham Young’s company with his wife and two children (Mary and Daniel). He settled in Bountiful, Davis county, in 1849, where he took an active part in building up that part of the country. While a resident of Bountiful he was ordained a president of the 76th quorum of Seventy; later he was ordained a High Priest. In 1865 (March 25th) he married Emma Alexander, who bore him eight children. In 1856 he went out with many others to meet Edward Martin’s handcart company. His avocation was that of a farmer and stockraiser, being specially interested in the sheep business. Bro. Moss died August 4, 1884, leaving a wife and eighteen children to mourn the loss of a loving and respected father. Altogether he was the father of twenty children and had 27 grandchildren at the time of his demise.   From http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ldsbio&gss=sfs28_ms_db&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=john&gsln=moss&MSAV=1&uidh=m42        

Footnotes

1 Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor.

2 Notice of Deaths, Millenial Star Sep 15 1884, No 37 Vol XLVI, p.576, Google Books, “Moss - At South Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah, August 4, 1884, John Moss; born in Newton, Yorkshire, Eng., March 31, 1820; embraced the Gospel in 1839 at Waddington, and emigrated to America in 1840”. Note that the birth date is contested between this and other sources.